Common Acronyms and Definitions
MSPS
or MS/s
megasamples per second, or millions of samples per second
kSPS
or kS/s
kilosamples per second, or thousands of samples per second
SPS
or S/s
samples per second
V
volt
mV
millivolt, or a thousandth of a volt
s
seconds
ms
millisecond, or a thousandth of a second
us
microsecond, or a millionth of a second
ns
nanosecond, or a billionth of a second
I2C
Inter-Integrated Circuit
SPI
Serial Peripheral Interface
SWI
Single Wire Interface (Atmel)
CAN
Controller Area Network
HDLC
High-level Data Link Control
HDMI CEC
High-Definition Multimedia Interface Consumer Electronics Control
I2S
Inter-IC Sound
PCM
Pulse-Code Modulation
JTAG
Joint Test Action Group
LIN
Local Interconnect Network
MDIO
Management Data Input/Output
MIDI
Musical Instrument Digital Interface
SMBus
System Management Bus
SWD
Serial Wire Debug
UNI/O
(not an acronym), a protocol made by Microchip
USB LS/FS
Universal Serial Bus Low Speed / Full Speed
Baud rate
data rate measured in bits per second
MSB
most significant bit
LSB
least significant bit
Parity
additional information added to the data to provide error detection information
Processing backlog
In the Saleae software, the data recorded from the device is transformed to the storage format as it is recorded, in near-real time. If the process is unable to keep up with the recording in real time, the processing backlog will grow as unprocessed data are buffered.
Trigger backlog
In the Saleae software, when the trigger is used, the processed data are then fed into the trigger in near real-time. If the trigger thread is unable to process the already transformed data in real time, the trigger backlog will grow as processed (but not yet searched) data are buffered.
MHz (Megahertz)
Millions of cycles per second. It is a measure of frequency, usually in reference to bandwidth.
Protocol Analyzer
A software plugin for the Saleae software that will decode standardized signals into bytes.
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